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Feel free to post for sale items as long as they are directly related to International type shootingIf you sell something, we would very much appreciate a donation of $5-10 either mailed to us or paypalled to us.https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/targettalk?yours=true

(I would suggest you read the discalimers on all image sites, in some cases the images you upload to some of these sites can be used in whatever manner the site wishes.)

I wanted to create this post to give people some idea on how to post pics in forums. I like clicking on a post to see an image of what is being sold.
Posts with no images are boring.
This works for every forum. The procedure is the same. Pictures take up a lot of hard drive space and lot of forums don't like being repositories for pictures.
To post pics use a free image hosting website.
There are dozzens of them from Flicker, imageshack, Google picasa and my new favorite http://postimg.org/

A picture is worth a thousand words and a thousand less emails of questions.

1. Take a picture, in fact take several pics. The more you have the better. Take detailed pics of anything unusual, scratches, features or additional items. In fact see if you can set your camera to take the highest resolution it can. Remember to set it back because high resolution images take up a lot of memory on your SD card. Some people don’t know this.
White backgrounds work best. If the item is larger use a white sheet and smooth it out. Keep non subject matter out of the pics.
No pets or cute kids ;)

2.Create a folder on your computer desktop and label it what it is going to contain, it becomes helpful later when you need to move/copy pictures you have taken from your camera or cell phone to your labled folder.
screen capture windows

4.If you are uploading one pic just use the Select Files to upload and click on the browse button.
Select Resize 640x480 (for message boards)
Select FAMILY safe radio button
Double click the file you want to upload
free upload

5.If you have multiple pics create a gallery.
Click on the down arrow next to Gallery.
Select Create New Gallery
taking a screen shot

6.In this instance select all the pics in your folder to upload.
Resize the images for 640x480 (For message boards)
Click on Family safe
Click on the Upload It! button.
free image hosting

11. Always Preview your post to see if all your images are being loaded and your description is correct.

12. When your item sells, tell the webmaster to remove it.

13. Send me 1$ for every item you sell. I need a new Anschutz. :)

The pictures were taken with a cheap GE E1030 and the screenshots were taken using the Print Screen button on my keyboard and edited with Paint. No magic just simple editing and using the tools that are free.
I hope this helps. I want to see more pictures!

Ninja, now that your post has been made a Sticky can you tell all of us that need help how to post pictures that are edited to the proper size so that when they appear they do not blow up the window so we do not have to scroll across to read a full line or to see the entire picture. If you edited your great tutorial to proper size that would make it much easier to see, read and understand.

Thanks, I know you can do this so how about telling the me and others that need to know how to do it. Show and tells are great.

I am building a 52 Winchester prone rifle and would like to know if anyone out there could send me some pictures of the butt stock cheek piece operation. I would some how like to see pictures of the inside top and bottom opened thank u. u can e-mail me at dawnschleith@yahoo .com

Greetings- this sticky is invaluable to new, and old, posters alike. In addition to posting images one should also be cognizant of the condition of the item they are buying/selling. In the US the NRA grading system is generally accepted. Please be aware that the NRA system has two parts- Modern Firearms, or those made from 1898 forward; and Antique firearms, those made prior to 1898. Buyers and sellers can seek common ground on purchases using the NRA grading system. Neither the buyer, nor the seller, should ever assume they are referring to the same condition unless they have established the standard upon which the item is being graded.

I trust this information will be of value to each one of you. Perhaps we will meet at the next OGCA show, the greatest show for gun collectors in the US, and my home away from home since the early '80's

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